Publication

2020 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCR726.S674 2020

Description

"The first book-length anthropological study of voluntary assisted dying, Leaving is a narrative account of five case histories of people who ended their lives with assistance in Switzerland. Anthony Stavrianakis places his narrative within a larger story about how to approach and understand the practice of assisted suicide, one that is often integrated into moral positions that reflect sociological and psychological commonplaces about both suicide and euthanasia. Leaving argues that such commonplaces are wildly inappropriate and cannot encompass the larger experiences of those who seek this specific form through which to leave their experience of life and illness"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Leaving: A Narrative of Assisted SuicideUniversity of California Press2020-01-01

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